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Australian Labor government detains refugee from Gaza, threatens deportation
World Socialist Web Site
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July 11, 2025
In a brutal attack, the federal Labor government yesterday ordered the detention of Maha Almassri, a 62-year-old Palestinian refugee who fled Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza last year. Almassri has had her visa revoked and faces the prospect...
Australian universities face funding threat over antisemitism
University of Nottingham
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July 10, 2025
Australian universities that are judged to have failed to take sufficient action against antisemitism could have their government funding withheld. The country’s special envoy to combat antisemitism, Jillian Segal, has unveiled a sweeping plan...
Australia: UOW Launches High-Tech Clinical Simulation Labs
OpenGov Asia
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July 10, 2025
The University of Wollongong (UOW) has launched a state-of-the-art suite of Clinical Simulation Labs, significantly enhancing its capacity to deliver high-quality, hands-on healthcare education. These new facilities are designed to support the...
Historic first Igbo Catholic Mass celebrated in South Austra...
Modern Ghana
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A momentous chapter was written in South Australia's religious and cultural history as the Igbo Catholic faithful gathered for the first-ever Igbo Catholic Holy Mass in the state. The landmark celebration was held at Our Lady of Dolours Catholic...
New music this week: Songs from VICTORIA, Justyna Steczkowska, Andrei Ursu and more
wiwibloggs
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July 13, 2025
Summer is the quiet period for Eurovision fans as we wait for the new season to commence. Thankfully, the music will always continue and a number of Eurovision artists are still producing new songs for us to enjoy. Contrary to the commonly...
Melbourne’s green buildings; Atlanta & cool roofs; Cbus Property; Nicolette Boele; Traders in Purple; Arron Wood
The Fifth Estate
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July 17, 2025
City of Melbourne green building amendment passes, and greening tool released The City of Melbourne’s Future Melbourne committee has this week passed the C376 Amendment, known as sustainable building design. Sign up for our free newsletter. The...
‘Ultimate dinner party guests’: Dispersed communities attending feast in ancient Iran gifted boars sourced from distant lands
Scimex Newsfeed
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July 17, 2025
Funder: This study was funded by the New Researcher Grant (Griffith University Arts, Education, and Law Group), the Early Career Researcher Grant Development Award (Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research and the Australian Research...
Aesop’s Queer Library returns for its fifth edition
ICON Magazine
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July 16, 2025
In a world where diverse queer voices need amplifying more than ever, The Aesop Queer Library has returned this year for its fifth edition taking place in London and Brighton. The Aesop Queer Library returned to London for its fifth edition,...
Australia to implement search engine age verification by end of year
6PR
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July 10, 2025
By the end of 2025, Australia will implement age verification for search engines such as Google. Click PLAY to hear the new legislation. Lisa Given, Professor of Information Sciences at RMIT University, informed 6PR Breakfast hosts Millsy and Karl...
Australia’s Central Bank Names Private Partners to Test Tokenized Asset Uses
Chief Investment Officer
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July 10, 2025
In an effort to advance Project Acacia—Australia’s effort to explore and advance digital money—the initiative will now include industry participants to explore how digital currencies and existing settlement infrastructure might support the...
Kairos Minerals expands gold resource potential at Mt York with...
Proactive Australia
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July 17, 2025
DDH1 Rig #83 capable of low-angle drilling setup on hole 25MYDD028 drilling BIF-hosted mineralisation at Main Hill. Kairos Minerals Ltd (ASX:KAI, OTCQB:KAIFF) has reported strong progress at its Mt York Gold Project in Western Australia, with new...
Skates and salmon farms: science is part of the equation
Cosmos
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July 17, 2025
Can the threatened Maugean skate coexist with Tasmania’s salmon industry? Lauren Fuge talks to the experts on the ground – and on the water. In the tannin-stained waters of a remote Tasmanian harbour, a prehistoric creature prowls the darkness....
10 New South Wales getaways just a short drive from Sydney
Gourmet Traveller
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July 14, 2025
Our editors handpick everything we recommend. We may receive revenue for sharing this content or when you shop through our links. Read more here While metropolitan Sydney – with an impressive dining scene and iconic harbour – may be the most famed...
Patriarch of iconic Bollywood family abandoned his son, forced second family to live in secrecy for decades, went blind in his final days
The Indian Express
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July 17, 2025
The Hindi film industry has been dominated by only a handful of families for over seven decades. Many of these families can trace their origins back to pre-Independence India, in regions that now fall under Pakistan. Several industry stalwarts,...
Australia is quietly rolling out age checks for search engines like Google
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 10, 2025
Australians will soon be subjected to mandatory age checks across the internet landscape, in what's been described as a huge and unprecedented change. Search engines are next in line for the same controversial age assurance technology behind the...
Cuando un culto se vuelve dominante: dentro del motor psicológico tóxico del movimiento MAGA de Trump
The Milwaukee Independent
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July 16, 2025
Endurecido por años de agitación social, retórica conspirativa y pruebas de lealtad, el bloque de votantes conocido como el movimiento Make America Great Again (MAGA) ha evolucionado hacia una subcultura marcada por una identificación emocional...
PETER VAN ONSELEN: How Xi buttered up Anthony Albanese with a VERY rare personal gesture to Jodie Haydon - and it left the PM beaming
Daily Mail
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July 17, 2025
Anthony Albanese has just wrapped up a six-day diplomatic tour of China. It may go down as one of the most carefully orchestrated charm offensives Beijing has ever launched at an Australian leader. It had everything: soft power symbolism, panda...
America didn't just watch Albanese's China trip, it sought to shape it
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 17, 2025
Welcome back to your weekly federal politics update, where Brett Worthington gets you up to speed on the happenings from Parliament House. Going to an aged care home can be a fraught outing for a prime minster. That is of course unless you are...
Queen Victoria was in love with Scots servant John Brown after Albert's death, claims historian
Scottish Daily Express
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July 12, 2025
Queen Victoria was in love with her late husband Prince Albert's Scots servant John Brown, according to a historian. Albert died in 1861 from what was diagnosed at the time as typhoid fever and it has long been thought that the monarch spent years...
Australia news as it happened: Australian named as US ambassador to Malaysia; Trump to make ‘major statement’ on Russia
The Sydney Morning Herald
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July 11, 2025
Venomous fire ants packing a painful sting have broken out of the Brisbane containment area three times in the past week, spurring accusations that state and federal governments have broken their promise to properly fund eradication efforts. An...